Now that more and more companies have published their #genderpaygap reports, it is abundantly clear that there is still a considerable gap in the tech sector. This won't be a tremendous surprise to those of us who work in tech, but it is validating to see it in black and white.
@francis The wiki article also does a fair job of summarising (if podcasts aren't your jam) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_disparity_in_computing
@francis But yeah, you are right. It wasn't always like this. Numbers were growing, then they plummeted, and still haven't returned to pre mid-80s levels.
@francis There's a great episode of a podcast from NPR about this - https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/17/356944145/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding but the high-level summary is that it probably has a lot to do with the rise of personal computers and the way those were marketed and categorised as things for boys/men. There's a notable drop off in women enrolling in tech majors from mid 80's onwards, it used to be different.